FRM564237: 23 April 1935. President of the Republic of Poland, Ignacy Moscicki signing the April constitution. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564238: 11.11.1979. President Bronislaw Maria Komorowski(left), (born 04.06.1952). Politician, social activist and current President of the Republic of Poland. Former Marshal of the Sejm. Former Acting President after the death of President Lech Kaczynski. Bronislaw Komorowski was the Minister of Defence from 2000 to 2001. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564241: 1930. Polish army observation blimp, ballon unit in Torun. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564249: Stanislaw Moniuszko (05.05.1819-04.06.1872). The father of Polish national opera. Polish composer, conductor and teacher. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564250: Stanislaw Moniuszko (05.05.1819-04.06.1872). The father of Polish national opera. Polish composer, conductor and teacher. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564253: Libiaz near Chrzanow 1935. Wedding in Maglik family. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564258: Pocket watch that belonged to Frederic Francois Chopin, composer (1810-1849). / Bridgeman Images

FRM564262: Kazimierz Michal Waclaw Wiktor Pulaski (06.03.1745 - 11.10.1779). 'The father of American cavalry', General, gentleman, and politician. Kazimierz Pulaski is one of only seven people to receive honorary United States of America citizenship. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564273: 1930, Young women preparing for a stage perfomance. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564275: Golancz, Greater Poland, 1919. Steam threshing machine. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564277: 23 April 1935. President of the Republic of Poland, Ignacy Moscicki signing the April constitution. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564283: Gdansk 11.04.2005. Huge portrait of Pope John Paull II hung on the NSZZ Solidarity building in Gdansk after his death. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564290: Wadowice, town in Souther Poland, 50km from Cracow, the birthplace of pope John Paul II. Monument of the Pope in front of the Virgin Mary's Offertory minor basilica. Themonument is believed to have miraculous power and atrracts pilgrims from all over the country Lesser Poland Province, 2006 / Bridgeman Images

FRM564292: Warsaw, 31. 08. 1982. Zamkowy square riots on the anniversary of the uprising of 'Solidarnosc'. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564295: Warsaw, 31. 08. 1982. Zamkowy square riots on the anniversary of the uprising of 'Solidarity'. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564297: Warsaw, 05.07.1981. Municipal and transport services demonstration. A double cordon of military officers and strikers. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564301: Bankiet po chrzcinach Brygidy Walesy,corki Lecha i Danuty na terenie plebanii ks.Henryka Jankowskiego.Przy stole Tadeusz Mazowiecki i ks.Henryk Jankowski Gdansk 28 luty 1986 Jerzy Kosnik / Bridgeman Images

FRM564303: Warsaw, 1989. George Bush's visit to Poland. Fot,Jerzy Kosnik / Bridgeman Images

FRM564304: Jerzy Skolimowski, Anouk Aimee, Michael Lyndon, Michael York Festiwal Filmowy Cannes 1984 / Bridgeman Images

FRM564317: 13.12.1981. Martial Law in Poland. TV transmission, photographed from left: Witold Stefanowicz and Andrzej Raclawicki. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564325: Gdansk, 29.04.1989. Lech Walesa photo session with Solidarnosc citizen's committee candidates for law ministers, senate and parliamentary elections in June 1989. Photographed from left: Andrzej Wajda, Lech Walesa. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564333: Orthodox Holy Spirit parish in Bialystok, Eastern Poland the largest contemporary Eastern Orthodox church in Poland. built 1982 - 1999. July 2006 / Bridgeman Images

FRM564341: Szczecin 1987. Pope John Paul II's visit to Poland, after mass. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564342: Warsaw, Okecie airport, 02.06.1979. Pope John Paul II's first Pilgrimage to Poland. Cardinal Stefan Wyszynski welcoming the Pope. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564349: Poznan one of the oldest and largest Polish cities,Western Poland, Monumentof the victims of Poznan 1956 protests - the first anti-communist mass protest in socialist Poland Greater Poland Province, 2007 / Bridgeman Images

FRM564358: Gdansk, Neptune sculpture - fountain, the old town city on the Baltic coast, northern Poland, Pomerania province. Polands fourth largest metropolitan area. 2008 / Bridgeman Images

FRM564369: Cracow, Poland. Altar piece of Veit Stoss in St Mary's Basilica. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564370: Cracow, Poland. Altar piece of Veit Stoss in St Mary's Basilica. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564380: Warsaw, 1974. Polish football team. Kazimierz Deyna (23.10.1947 - 01.09.1989). Polish footballer, and one of the best markers in international football. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564386: Wieliczka, Salt mine. The Wieliczka Salt Mine is one of the world's oldest operating salt mines, which has been in operation since prehistoric times. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564388: Gniezno, Central-Western Poland, Cathedral, Basilica, historic first capital of Poland, Greater Poland province, the cathedral known for its twelfth-century (circa 1175), two-winged bronze doors decorated with scenes of martyrdom of St. Wojciech. here becomes a bishop and prays 2008 / Bridgeman Images

FRM564391: Witold Gombrowicz, writer. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564423: Before 1935. Mashal Jozef Pilsudski with his daighter and Captain Lepecki. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564525: 1940, Poltch. Polish soldiers kept as prisoners of war. Marcel Slaski is third from right, behind the accordionist. / Bridgeman Images

FRM564604: Leczyca,Town in central Poland, Lodz Province, catle and Boruta devil museum 1997 / Bridgeman Images

FRM564620: Johnannes Hevelius (28.01.1611-28.01.1687). Mayor of Gdansk (Danzig) and astronomer who founded the lunar topography. / Bridgeman Images